"Elon is really about to send Starships full of Humanoid Robots to Mars in the 2030s to start building the base isn't he?" asked Aidan Gold, a SpaceX investor. Without denying, Musk said he hopes to send millions of humans to the red planet too. "Hopefully, millions of humans too," he replied.

While there's no exact date set yet for the rocket’s next flight, it could be as soon as this weekend - and SpaceX is expecting big things. This will be Starship's fifth outing, and all eyes will be on the landing phases – specifically, the return of the vehicle’s bottom part, the Super Heavy booster.

The company achieved a major milestone during the fifth test flight of the vehicle, which could carry people to the moon and Mars, landing the rocket’s booster stage at a Texas launch site.